For me, two faucets in a 36" sink would be overkill. With a 36" sink, I also wouldn't want someone else trying to wash their hands when I am working at the sink, just not enough space for two different activities to be taking place at the same time.

Go with a 30" sink and then do a separate prep sink no smaller than 18". You get two functional sinks with that setup.

Chispa - thank you. I’d love to do a second sink, but I don’t have the space for it, and it’s also a plumbing challenge.

Have you seen any examples of where someone used two faucets with a 36" sink after doing searches (or do you know anyone who has?)

I've seen a couple of kitchen sinks with two faucets - both sinks were at least 45" wide.

Below is a 36" sink - this is one of the manufacturer's photos (with two faucets installed). None of the photos from actual customers had two faucets installed. It looks like it works here due to the design of the sink.

The following photos are all 45" sinks. I think they look odd when the two faucets are the same:

@la_la Girl - what size is your Kohler Stages sink? I'm assuming more than 36" - but I thought I should confirm. OP - here is a photo of it - it has two faucets:

@mtnrdredux_gw - I am trying to tag you on the post re: using two faucets with a 36" sink to see if you wouldn't mind sharing your thoughts and/or photo since you have done this. Thanks!

A logical reason for a larger sink is two people cooking. And other reasons dealing with kids. Faucets at the corners match with that use. A 24" sink is a adequate size to wash anything used regularly in our kitchen. You can fit one in a 24" sink base. You'd get 12" of added drawers and 12" of additional counter.

I wouldn't put a second faucet in a sink less than 42" or so.

Mtn - thank you for posting photos of your kitchen. I appreciate it. I thought it would be helpful for the OP to see a 36" sink that has two faucets that work well together well (functionally + aesthetically).

Also - your kitchen is beautiful. Truly.

I have the same opinions as you = I don't want to add a prep sink in my island (will be a Calacatta marble slab) + I don't feel like it would work anywhere else because I don't want to change my cabinet layout. Also, I don't need another sink to clean when I don't think its needed in order for my kitchen to function well.

If I had one in a butler's pantry, that would be fine I guess - I just don't feel the need to add a prep sink just because the size/layout of my kitchen may fit the criteria for adding one.

Anyway - thank you again for responding to my message so quickly.

Thanks,

Dani

dani_m08 - thank you for coordinating with mtn and @la_la Girl and for your input! Thanks too for sharing the pic.

mtnrdredux_gw - thank you for sharing your thoughtful input and for the pics of your beautiful kitchen! May I ask, what were the reasons you chose two distinctly different (both beautiful!) faucets? Function? Aesthetics? While I think bridge faucets are beautiful, I’m considering two, identical, pull-down faucets, but I’m open to suggestions on how to increase functionality.

Joseph Corlett, LLC - Hi Joseph - what are the reasons you wouldn’t put a second faucet in a sink less than 42”? Functionality? Aesthetics?

Why do you think you need this?

We have a beverage faucet for filtered water at our sink. That's fine. Although I would prefer to have it at the coffee bar instead. Most of those pics with two faucets are probably beverage faucets.

Two faucets the same size at a normal sized sink is a big fat no for me. Sorry. Looks dumb and isn't functional. People sitting take up two feet of space. How much do you think someone working in a kitchen takes up? A 36" sink just isn't big enough for two people to use at the same time.

anj_p - my rationale is to improve function at the main sink without adding a prep sink. We’ll have filtered water in our fridge, and a pot filler at our coffee bar. Being a home chef, I know the room I need, and having my husband or someone else preparing food with me while needing the sink is the problem I’m trying to solve.

I would do a sink at the coffee bar.

My "prep" sink (18" x 18") in the island, is also convenient to our built-in coffee machine. The sink is mostly used by my DH for washing hands and dumping/rinsing his coffee cup. I've also filled it with ice for parties.

Waste of money. You dont have a large enough dink for 2 faucets. Either do a 42” with 2, or a standard 33” with 1.

I don't think it will improve functionality at all. They'll be too close together. If you are both at the sink at the same time, you need a bigger sink or a second sink. A second faucet won't do much for you. We need water often during prep, but not for extended periods of time. Rinsing produce doesn't take minutes. Moving out of the way to make room for someone else at the sink is a bigger issue, at least in my experience.

I even think the 45" sinks with 2 large faucets below look silly.

If you have helpers that often, first of all, lucky you! And second, I think it's more important to design the kitchen to have secondary prep zones, which would have equal access to a sink without encroaching on the primary prep space.

This is like those bathrooms that crowd 2 sinks in only 60”. It actually makes it function worse, because that just is not enough room. A single sink would need to be a LARGE workstation type sink to be able to have room for two people to physically use 2 faucets at the same time. You would have two people bumping each other and mad, trying to access something that didn’t have enough room for them to stand and do that.

It is far better to spend the money for a good prep sink than do this. Or, spend the design time to make sure that the prep and cleanup sides of the single sink are well designed to not mix work zones.

"Joseph Corlett, LLC - Hi Joseph - what are the reasons you wouldn’t put a second faucet in a sink less than 42”? Functionality? Aesthetics?"

I can't imagine two people being able to use a 36" sink with two faucets easily.

^^^which is exactly what the consensus of this thread is.

36” is too small for two people to work next to each other comfortably.

May I ask, what were the reasons you chose two distinctly different (both beautiful!) faucets? Function?

Aesthetics?

Both. I really only wanted a place where someone could do a quick task - washing hands most often, maybe rinsing something. I did not need or want a place where two people could work for any length of time.

I also would not have liked the look of two unless one were going for an industrial look and the sink were bigger. Maybe a stainless sink/counter in a big loft could take two the same size. But not my country kitchen. And I did not need the same function for both.

In my particular case, I don't think people generally noticed there was a second small faucet.

BTW, i had it like this for 15 years so I know from whence I speak of functionality.

Maybe I can find the first iteration when it was nickel and my cherry counters were stained dark!

OK I did:

This is my sink during construction in 2011, again with 2 faucets.

Mtnrdredux_gw - thanks so much! I appreciate the time you took to share your input and pics!